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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, 0. H. I. FANCHER, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedAnti-Kicking Attachment for Horses, and that the following description,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings hereinafter referredto; forms a fulLand exact specication of the same, wherein I have setforth the nature and principles of my said improvements, by which myinvention may be distinguished from all others ,of a similar class,together with such parts as I claim, and desire to have secured i to meby Letters Patent.

This invention relates toa n ew and improved anti-kicking attachment tobe applied to horses in harness.A

The object ofthe invention is to obtain a device for the purposespecified, which will herself-operating, and require no special care orattention on the part of the driver to apply it or cause it to act. Inthe accompanying sheet of drawings- Fig-ure 1 is a perspective view of ahorse in harness with my invention appliedto it.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the thills of a vehicle in which the horse is harnessed inthensual way. B is the bridle, which may be constructed in thc ordinarymanner, wtlrthe following additions to it: Each end of the bit,

which may be a snaille, has two rings, a a', attached to it, and to onering, a, on ,each side, the flower ends of.

straps b b are attached, which extend upward over the top of the head ofthe horse, and pass underneath the head-straps c of the bridle, throughloops, if required to keep them in proper place, the upper ends of saidstraps extending a little down, one at each side of the horses neck, andhaving a strap, C, passing through rings CX, attached to their ends.`This strap C passes through the other bit-rings a', and extends'overthe top of the horses head, and passes through the terrets D of thesaddle E, and through a ring, F, secured rmly to the crupper-strap G,and then, extending down at euch side of the horse, is permanentlysecured to the thills A, as shown at dd. The thills, it will be seen, inconsequence'of being attached to the front axle of the vehicle, asusual, are xed, and consequently, should the horse attempt to kick, thestrap C would be subjected to a pull or draw precisely the saine as ifpulled by the driver, and the strap C, in consoquenceof being sub jectedto this pull' or draw, will cause the bit to be drawn upward in themouth of the horse, throwing his head up' and efi'ectuallypreventingvkicking. This upward pull of the bit effected through themedium of both pairs of rings a a,.as the straps b, to which tl rings CXbeing attached to their upper ends, through which rings and thebit-rings a the strap C passes.

` This invention has been practicallyA tested, and has been found tooperate well; The appliances hitherto usedto prevent horses from kickingrequire to be operated by the driver, and hence Ythe horse always has achance to kick once or twice before. being checked; besides, thesedevices require a driver to be constantly on the alert or watch, andhence they are not a perfect safeguard.

My improvement isvoperated by the hor the part of the driver beingrequired.

I would remark that a curb-bit may, if necessary, be' used with thisinvention. instead of being attachedto the ends of the bar of the bit,are attached to the chce bar of the bit, where the reins are usuallyattached in using a curb-bit.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asrnew, and desire to secureby Letters Patentse whenever he attempts to kick, no special care orattention on In this case the rings a', k or end pieces, below the 1ebit-rings a are connected, are actuated in consequence of the The strapC, applied to the thills A and bit-rings a', as shown, in combinationwith the straps b b, bit-'rings i a, and rings CX, all arranged tooperate substantially as and for the purpose setiforth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 16th day ofJuly, 1867.

t o. H. P. FANCHER. Witnesses: l v

WM. F. McNAMARn, J. A. SERVICE.

